The two-minute wine blog video challenge
10 Dec 2008This to be filed under: “It seemed like a good idea at the time …”
What wine bloggers do when they get together
When preparing for the sponsorship of the London Bloggers Christmas Networking meetup I contacted my wine blogging friends with a challenge:
“As you probably cannot make it in person to the tasting, how about making a SHORT video, say 2 minutes maximum, explaining a little about you, your blog and your wines, so that the London Bloggers can learn a bit more about the people behind the blogs?”
Of course, it is a good idea, but despite the fact that some of us have been blogging for ages, and the multimedia capabilities of the blogging platforms and our computers, most of us are firmly wedded to our keyboards. I have never produced a proper film (with editing) before, and nor had anyone else I think.
However, everyone was up for the challenge and we got an amazing reaction and variety of presentations.
My absolute favourite is below, but rather than load them all on this page, please follow the links below to the videos on YouTube – and if you were at the tasting, why not check out the producer of your favourite wine from the night?
Thomas Lippert – Winzerblog.de
[Make sure you check out the credits to this video regarding "Beckham" & "Gascoigne"!]
BTW, this is a picture of Thomas
The other bloggers and their videos (click on the name for the video):
Robert McIntosh :: thirstforrioja.co.uk
My first video (this is take 15 or so!)
Javier Navarro :: tintoralba.com
Javier and some photos of the Cooperative winery near Alicante
Gianpaolo Paglia :: poggioargentiera.com
Gianpaolo, one of the top Italian winery bloggers but now based in the UK, gives us an overview of his wines
Emilio Saez Van Eerd :: casavides.com
Lots of photos of many different aspects of the business and some tunes to keep us humming along (!)
Jose Eduardo J Silva :: cortesdecima.com
Get everyone involved. Vineyards look a little wintry, but these are the guys behind the wonderful Syrah we tasted
Jan Pettersen from Fernando de Castilla talking to Justin Roberts :: jerez-xerez-sherry.blogspot.com (who also writes about sherry here)
Justin cheated (!) and interviewed the guy who made the sherry so we never get to see him, but a nice introduction to this sherry bodega and a wonderful wine
Oscar Quevedo :: Quevedoportwine.com
Uber-youthful Oscar and his mountain bike in the vineyards of the Douro.
Tags: bloggers, event, london, tasting, video, wine blog, youtube
December 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I can't stop laughing. I love this video!! The fact that he's running with his dog through the vineyards in order to make the allotted time you gave him makes my day. Thanks for sharing this!!
December 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Excellent choice, about the favorite video, I hope Thomas has recovered from the video marathon.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I absolutely agree with you about who's the best video is. I watched ten times already.
I only regret that I had to do mine in the kitchen in UK rather than in the vineyards in Tuscany. There is a certain difference!
December 11th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
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February 16th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
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April 10th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
My dad was a wine producer in southern Europe for some years! Good memories…